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"Don't try it, you fucker. You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?"

—Taxi Driver

Robert De Niro (born 1943) is one of the greatest actors in American film history. He appears in a lot of gangster/cop flicks, and is often compared to Al Pacino. De Niro's most memorable roles include Vito Corleone, Travis Bickle, and Jake LaMotta. Under Martin Scorsese's direction, he was one of the first actors to really take Dyeing for Your Art to the next level. Tends to enjoy his privacy, and being asked about his family on interviews is his personal Berserk Button.

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Notable for:

• Mean Streets (1973) - Johnny Boy
• The Godfather Part II (1974) - Vito Corleone
  • He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that role, which is the only role for which two different actors have won acting Oscars.
• 1900 (1976) - Alfredo Berlinghieri
• Taxi Driver (1976) - Travis Bickle
• New York, New York (1977) - Jimmy Doyle
• The Deer Hunter (1978) - Michael Vronsky
• Raging Bull (1980) - Jake LaMotta
• Once Upon a Time in America (1985) - David "Noodles" Aaroson
• Brazil (1985) - Harry Tuttle
• The Mission (1986) - Rodrigo Mendoza
• The Untouchables (1987) - Al Capone
• Midnight Run (1988) - Jack Walsh
• Awakenings (1990) - Leonard Lowe
• Goodfellas (1990) - Jimmy Conway
• Cape Fear (1991) - Max Cady
• A Bronx Tale (1993) - Lorenzo Anello
• This Boy's Life (1993) - Dwight Hansen
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) - The monster Creature
• Casino (1995) - Sam "Ace" Rothstein
• Heat (1995) - Neil McCauley
• Wag The Dog (1997) - Brean
• Ronin (1998) - Sam
• Analyze This (1999)
• Meet The Parents (2000), Meet The Fockers (2004), and Little Fockers (2010) - Jack Byrnes
• 15 Minutes (2001) - Eddie Flemming
• Shark Tale (2004) - Don Lino
• Hide and Seek (2005) - David Callaway/Charlie
• Stardust (2007) - Captain Shakespeare
• Righteous Kill (2008) - Turk
• What Just Happened (2008) - Ben
• Everybody's Fine (2009) - Frank Goode
• Machete (2010) - Senator McLaughlin
• Limitless (2011) - Carl Van Loon

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